The Night Journey Began

A Perfect Soul ﷺ

Resting

Awakened by angels

Gabril, Mika’il and a third عليه السلام

Carried to the spring of zamzam

A Perfect Soul ﷺ

An opening

A washing

Purifying the blessed heart

A Perfect Soul ﷺ

Filled with belief and wisdom

Then came Hilm -

Knowledge, certainty and submission

A seal of Prophethood

A Perfect Soul ﷺ

Mounting the Buraq

Handsome-faced and bridled

A tall white beast of Prophet Ibrahim عليه السلام

Bigger than a donkey

Smaller than a mule

Ashamed and sweated - until soaked

A Perfect Soul ﷺ

Travelling to a land full of date-palms

“Alight and pray here” said Gabr’il عليه السلام

The land of pasture - Tayba

The land of migration

A Perfect Soul ﷺ

With a speed of lightning

A heavenly ascent!

Yours truly,

The Servant

The light shall shine bright when you seek the light of the Beloved One ﷺ (Photo credit - A.H)

Reference for poem: The Prophet’s Night Journey & Heavenly Ascent

By Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Hasani al-Maliki al-Idrisi رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَىٰ عَلَيْهِ

Translated by Gibril Fouad Haddad